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ISSN 0228-88 77
Memorial University
of Newfoundland
VOL. 16, No. 8
January 12, 1984
Renewed, improved...
Tunnels open
once more
In addition to replacements of 1200
burnt-out lockers and most of its
communication and heating conduits,
Memorial's tunnel system has been given
a major retrofit, designed to bring it up to
existing life safety and building code
requirements.
As well, two new, tunnel exits/
entrances are in place for pedestrian
traffic at the beginning of winter
semester, 1984.
Estimated direct damage from the
December 6, 1982 tunnel fire was
approximately half a million dollars
according to Aidan Kiernan, associate
director, university works.
"All fire alarm, telephone and ETV
wiring, all pipe insulation and some
heating pipe connections were damaged,
i in most cases to the point of no recovery,"
he said. Consultants, the fire commissioner and fire department decided that
the retrofit was needed.
To make these reparations and
additions, the old ceilings and all of the
old insulation were first removed.
The completely-new smoke detection
system has meant that at the entrance to
each building, there is a smoke control
vestibule. "In the event of a fire," says
Mr. Kiernan, "smoke in either buildings
or tunnels cannot migrate from one area
to another."
Tunnel doors are all operated
magnetically now and in the event of a
fire alarm, will close magnetically. "It's
rather an eerie thing," says Mr. Kiernan.
"In some places in the tunnels, you see
one door after another close magnetically. However, they still operate like a
regular door; walk through them and
they close behind you again."
The two new tunnel exits, one by the
education and library buildings, the
second by the science building, were
constructed to handle the large student
populations which use the tunnels.
"Though before the 1982 fire they
tied the entire south campus together,
both from a pedestrian and communications and services point of view, the
tunnels were not built originally for
pedestrian traffic," says Mr. Kiernan,
adding that their continued use as
pedestrian walkways will be dependent
on how they are used.
"Security people will be in the
tunnels for as long as is necessary," he
says. "They understand how the new
systems work and will explain it to
anyone interested."
No-smoking, no-loitering rules will
be enforced. "The fire commissioner
requires these measures if the tunnels are
to be open for pedestrian traffic.
Tampering with university fire and safety
systems is a criminal offense," says Mr.
Kiernan. "We hope that people will be
co-operative."
Fire-fighting equipment, clearly labelled with instructions, is available every 75 feet in
the renewed and improved tunnels. There are approximately 40 of the fire
extinguishers and several hundred smoke detectors now installed in the tunnels,
indicated A.E. Kiernan, associate director, university works.
The 1982 and 1983 winners of the
Dean of Graduate Studies awards for
thesis excellence have been made.
The newsletter for the Canadian
Society for the History of Medicine,
edited by Memorial's Dr. K.B.
Roberts, will become the Canadian
Bulletin of Medical History in June,
1984. Campus Corner.
Contributions were made to the
Anniversary Fund from the Royal
Trust, the Royal Bank of Canada and
Labatt Brewing Co. Ltd.
The Gazette welcomes the former
Photography Unit of ETV to the
Division of University Relations. The
unit is now known as Photographic
Services, but personnel, location and
telephone numbers are unchanged.

ISSN 0228-88 77
Memorial University
of Newfoundland
VOL. 16, No. 8
January 12, 1984
Renewed, improved...
Tunnels open
once more
In addition to replacements of 1200
burnt-out lockers and most of its
communication and heating conduits,
Memorial's tunnel system has been given
a major retrofit, designed to bring it up to
existing life safety and building code
requirements.
As well, two new, tunnel exits/
entrances are in place for pedestrian
traffic at the beginning of winter
semester, 1984.
Estimated direct damage from the
December 6, 1982 tunnel fire was
approximately half a million dollars
according to Aidan Kiernan, associate
director, university works.
"All fire alarm, telephone and ETV
wiring, all pipe insulation and some
heating pipe connections were damaged,
i in most cases to the point of no recovery,"
he said. Consultants, the fire commissioner and fire department decided that
the retrofit was needed.
To make these reparations and
additions, the old ceilings and all of the
old insulation were first removed.
The completely-new smoke detection
system has meant that at the entrance to
each building, there is a smoke control
vestibule. "In the event of a fire," says
Mr. Kiernan, "smoke in either buildings
or tunnels cannot migrate from one area
to another."
Tunnel doors are all operated
magnetically now and in the event of a
fire alarm, will close magnetically. "It's
rather an eerie thing," says Mr. Kiernan.
"In some places in the tunnels, you see
one door after another close magnetically. However, they still operate like a
regular door; walk through them and
they close behind you again."
The two new tunnel exits, one by the
education and library buildings, the
second by the science building, were
constructed to handle the large student
populations which use the tunnels.
"Though before the 1982 fire they
tied the entire south campus together,
both from a pedestrian and communications and services point of view, the
tunnels were not built originally for
pedestrian traffic," says Mr. Kiernan,
adding that their continued use as
pedestrian walkways will be dependent
on how they are used.
"Security people will be in the
tunnels for as long as is necessary," he
says. "They understand how the new
systems work and will explain it to
anyone interested."
No-smoking, no-loitering rules will
be enforced. "The fire commissioner
requires these measures if the tunnels are
to be open for pedestrian traffic.
Tampering with university fire and safety
systems is a criminal offense," says Mr.
Kiernan. "We hope that people will be
co-operative."
Fire-fighting equipment, clearly labelled with instructions, is available every 75 feet in
the renewed and improved tunnels. There are approximately 40 of the fire
extinguishers and several hundred smoke detectors now installed in the tunnels,
indicated A.E. Kiernan, associate director, university works.
The 1982 and 1983 winners of the
Dean of Graduate Studies awards for
thesis excellence have been made.
The newsletter for the Canadian
Society for the History of Medicine,
edited by Memorial's Dr. K.B.
Roberts, will become the Canadian
Bulletin of Medical History in June,
1984. Campus Corner.
Contributions were made to the
Anniversary Fund from the Royal
Trust, the Royal Bank of Canada and
Labatt Brewing Co. Ltd.
The Gazette welcomes the former
Photography Unit of ETV to the
Division of University Relations. The
unit is now known as Photographic
Services, but personnel, location and
telephone numbers are unchanged.